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Museum purchase, 1995.72.2.3  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Firelighter Kits
Museum purchase, 1995.72.2.3 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Firelighter Kits

Dateabout 1959
MediumCardboard, metal, asbestos, wax
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 5 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 9 1/4in. (14 x 13.3 x 23.5cm)
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Description[Retail display box for Thermos brand "Fireliters" with nine individually marked boxes inside. Each individual box contains two sets of six disks, metal brindge, wick, cup, and asbestos wick. The boxes are red, yellow, black, and white.]
Object number1995.72.2.1-.11
On View
Not on view
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Kugelman, 2012.324.4  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
1960s
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2011.374.18  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Socie…
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
1962
Gift of Elizabeth Blakelock, 2014.17.0  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
mid 20th-late 20th century
Museum purchase, 1999.81.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical So…
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
about 1930s
The American Thermos Bottle Co.
about 1930s
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1995.46.0a-b, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History c…
A. C. Gilbert Co.
c. 1923
Gift of Gennaro J. Capobianco, 2005.180.59  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Sperlari
after 1950
First Aid Kit
Reliance Fire Equipment
probably 1940-1950
Gift of Gregory C. Norsigian, 2005.113.1.1-.18  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
1952-1960
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.82-.83 © 2016 The Connec…
Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2006.47.0a-e, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Doma…
The Hartford Rubber Works Co.
patented 1895